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Apophis: Some Things to Know about the Asteroid Skimming by Earth in 2029
Apophis will pass by the Earth at a distance less than 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers) from the Earth’s surface on April 13. 2029 (and in case you’re wondering, yes, that is a Friday the 13th!) By AARON REICH via The Jerusalem Post The massive asteroid known as 99942 Apophis was once considered among the most dangerous asteroid in space, with … Continue reading
NASA to Nudge Asteroid Didymoon Which Poses Threat to Earth
“If all goes as planned, DART will smash into one of the two asteroids, known as Didymoon, at roughly 13,500 mph nearly a full year later, on October 2, 2022.” By Joseph Curlvia The Daily Wire Headline Image: Tobias Roetsch/Future Publishing via Getty Images The U.S. space agency plans to conduct a mission next month to deflect a pair of … Continue reading
Planet with Iron Rainfall is Even More Extreme than Scientists Thought
Headline Image Caption: This illustration shows a night-side view of the exoplanet WASP-76b. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporise metals. Strong winds carry iron vapour to the cooler night side where it condenses into iron droplets. To the left of the image, we see the evening border … Continue reading
UNLV Astronomers May Have Discovered First Planet to Orbit 3 Stars
Headline Image: An image of GW Orionis, a triple star system with a mysterious gap in its surrounding dust rings. UNLV astronomers hypothesize the presence of a massive planet in the gap, which would be the first planet ever discovered to orbit three stars. The left image, provided by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope, shows the disc’s ringed … Continue reading
Huge Comet ‘Larger Than Phobos’ Hurling Towards Heart of Our Solar System
“A humongous space object that emerged from somewhere in space is slowly but surely making its way towards the core of our solar system…” By Andrei Dargalin via Sputniknews Headline Image: CC0 / Buddy_Nath / With its width currently estimated at about 93 miles (150 kilometres), the comet is approximately seven times bigger than one of Mars’ moons. A humongous … Continue reading
Warehouse-sized Asteroid Sneaks up on Earth by Hiding Near the Sun
“2021 SG was bigger than the bolide that blew up over Russia in 2013.” by Eric Mack via cnet.com A space rock possibly as wide as a football field flew between the moon and Earth last week, but the big asteroid — catalogued as 2021 SG — wasn’t spotted until the day after it had already made its closest pass … Continue reading
Oldest Human Footprints in North America Discovered
“These finds indicate the presence of humans in North America for approximately two millennia during the Last Glacial Maximum south of the migratory barrier created by the ice sheets to the north,” via Unexplained-Mysteries Image Credit: National Park Service Archaeologists have identified what are now thought to be the oldest footprints ever found on the continent. Dating back between 21,000 … Continue reading
Is it Possible We Live in a Multiverse?
Do we live in a multiverse? Our universe is unimaginably big. The diameter of the known universe is 45 million light years. It might expand beyond that to infinity or it might not!! Is our Universe just one of many in an infinite, ever-expanding multiverse? Well you heard that right! The multiverse. One of the most baffling questions in Astronomy … Continue reading
What If Jupiter and Saturn Collided?
The two biggest planets in our Solar System in one telescope view. And catastrophe is imminent. If Jupiter and Saturn suddenly were on a collision course, which of the two planets would emerge victorious? How would the composition of these planets affect the outcome? And what impact would this have on the rest of our Solar System? What is a … Continue reading
Study Confirms Giant Meteorite Impact Caused Massive Extinction in the Late Cretaceous
“These data would confirm that the extinction was caused by something completely external to the Earth system…” via Universitat de Barcelona Main Image via ExtremeTech A study published in the journal Geology rules out that extreme volcanic episodes had any influence on the massive extinction of species in the late Cretaceous. The results confirm the hypothesis that it was a … Continue reading
